THOMAS MCGEARY holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Illinois. He is the author of The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain, 1720-1742 (CUP, 2013) and Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 (Boydell, 2022). He has published widely in art history, literature, and music history journals, including Burlington Magazine, British Art Journal, Philological Quarterly, Review of English Studies, British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Early Music, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and Musical Quarterly.

• Introduction1 Opera in the English Manner2 The Infiltration of Italian Music and Singing3 Italian and English Singing and Partisan Politics4 The Haymarket Theatre: A Whig Project5 Whigs and Opera in the Italian Manner6 1710: The Year of Great Change in Politics and Opera7 Whigs Confront Opera: Britain at a Machiavellian Moment8 Addison: Opera and the Politics of Politeness9 The Whig Campaign for English Opera; Handel Celebrates the PeaceEpilogueAppendix 1: Operatic Works Produced (or Known) in London, ca. 1660-1704Appendix 2: Principal Independent Theatrical Masques Produced in London, 1676-1705Appendix 3: Opera Performances by Season in London, 1705-1714Appendix 4: Aria Types in All-sung Operas Produced in London, 1705-1714.BibliographyIndex

THOMAS MCGEARY holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Illinois. He is the author of The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain, 1720-1742 (CUP, 2013) and Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 (Boydell, 2022). He has published widely in art history, literature, and music history journals, including Burlington Magazine, British Art Journal, Philological Quarterly, Review of English Studies, British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Early Music, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and Musical Quarterly.

• Introduction1 Opera in the English Manner2 The Infiltration of Italian Music and Singing3 Italian and English Singing and Partisan Politics4 The Haymarket Theatre: A Whig Project5 Whigs and Opera in the Italian Manner6 1710: The Year of Great Change in Politics and Opera7 Whigs Confront Opera: Britain at a Machiavellian Moment8 Addison: Opera and the Politics of Politeness9 The Whig Campaign for English Opera; Handel Celebrates the PeaceEpilogueAppendix 1: Operatic Works Produced (or Known) in London, ca. 1660-1704Appendix 2: Principal Independent Theatrical Masques Produced in London, 1676-1705Appendix 3: Opera Performances by Season in London, 1705-1714Appendix 4: Aria Types in All-sung Operas Produced in London, 1705-1714.BibliographyIndex